Except for the cacophonous strains of distant music, utter silence engulfed the world.

A silence that seemed the only correct continuation of the song engulfed them all.

Here the silence of the surroundings can engulf one.

Heavy silence engulfed the room, broken only by the whistling of the breath in Kingsley's nostrils.

The silence of the night engulfed the village and soon brought rest to the exhausted little group.

He jammed in his earplugs and a great silence engulfed him.

Noose assumed the bench and an electrified silence engulfed the courtroom.

A silence, threatened only by the beatings of their hearts, engulfed them.

Another silence engulfed the room and, once again, Jeremy thought they all looked sad.

If she stopped talking, the silence would engulf her forever.